Four Bulldogs Qualify for NCAA Regionals

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As the regular track
and field season has finished, the time for National Championships
has approached. The NCAA Regionals will be hosted by North Carolina
A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., on May 27-29. Senior
Alexandra Cadicamo, senior Claudia Duncan, junior Kate Grace and
sophomore Anne Lovelace have qualified for the East Regional
Championships.

Cadicamo will be competing in the 5,000-meter run. She ran a
personal best of 16:44.02 last weekend at ECACs and earned All-East
honors for her fifth-place finish. Cadicamo is the
45th-fastest runner in her event in the eastern
region.

Duncan will be competing in the 400-meter dash. She
qualified with her school record a Heptagonals of 54.54. She is
currently the 37th-fastest runner in the eastern region.
Duncan has come close to qualifying for NCAAs before, but has never
competed. Duncan earned All-East honors with her sixth-place
finish at ECACs last weekend.

Grace will be competing in the 800-meter run for the third year
in a row. Her time of 2:05.65 is the ninth-fastest time in the
eastern region, which she ran in the preliminary round of the ECAC
Championships last weekend. Last year Grace's season best going
into the NCAA Regionals was 2:06.75. Grace ran the fastest
preliminary time at the meet (2:06.69) and then finished third in
the finals. At NCAAs, Grace made it to the semifinal round (the top
18 runners in the country).

Lovelace will be competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for
the first time at NCAA Regionals. Her best of 10:27.60 is the
18th-fastest time in the eastern region. She set this
school record at ECACs last weekend and made All-East for her
seventh-place finish.

The complete qualifying list of women in the eastern region is
available here. More information and a complete schedule of
events for NCAA Regionals is available here. Results will be available after the meet
at YaleBulldogs.com.